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Ending the Pax Americana
by DeWitt Cheng August 30, 2025 It’s a Perfect Administration The best people, hired by a stable genius, make perfect calls. Until they...

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Sep 222 min read


Sad Irony
by Bill Lasarow August 30, 2025 Valerie Hegarty, “Stove with 4th of July Cake and Teapot (The Covid Diaries Series), 2020, foamcore,...

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Sep 223 min read


The Kohler Art Preserve
by Margaret Hawkins August 30, 2025 T he Kohler Art Preserve in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which opened in 2021, is one of my favorite places....

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Sep 225 min read


Performance Art in the Age of Trump
by Liz Goldner August 30, 2025 Tanks proceed down Constitution Ave. during the military parade for the Army's 250th anniversary...

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Sep 224 min read


The Magic of Public Television
by Liz Goldner August 2, 2025 Ed Bereal, "War Babies" Poster, 1961. L-R: Ed Bereal eating a watermelon, Larry Bell eating a bagel, Joe...

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Aug 66 min read


The Ghislaine Chain
by Mark Van Proyen August 2, 2025 Adrian Ghenie, “Rest During the Flight into Egypt,” 2016, oil on canvas. Courtesy Pace Gallery, ©...

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Aug 66 min read


First Impressions: The Looming LACMA Disaster
by Bill Lasarow August 2, 2025 Georges de la Tour, “The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame,” c. 1638-40, oil on canvas. Courtesy of Los...

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Aug 66 min read


Violins of Hope: Reviving Those Silenced by the Nazis
by Liz Goldner July 1, 2025 Violins from Mr. Weinstein’s collection on display in his workshop. Many in his collection had been owned by...

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Jun 304 min read


Why is This An Art? / The Love Thermometer
by Margaret Hawkins July 1, 2025 Julien Creuzet, Venice Biennale installation, 2024. Courtesy of the artist. Recently a six-year-old girl...

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Jun 304 min read


War Diary. Saturday, June 14th, No Kings Day; through June
by DeWitt Cheng July 1, 2025 Hands Off Democracy/No King Ocean Beach The tide is turning, finally. The basic numbers: over 2,000...

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Jun 302 min read


Jumping to Conclusions
by Bill Lasarow July 1, 2025 Vik Muniz, “The Tower of Babel, after Pieter Brueghel (Gordian Puzzles),” 2007, photograph of puzzle pieces,...

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Jun 304 min read


Beyond the Horizon Line / Bill Lasarow
Raphael, “The School of Athens,” 1511, fresco, 18 x 25’. Courtesy of The Vatican. The horizon is necessarily one of the most venerated...

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May 94 min read


From Bitches to Witches / Margaret Hawkins
Ginny Stanford, “Portrait of The First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,” 2006, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf on wood, 108 x 81 1/4”. Courtesy...

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May 95 min read


Demonstrations Versus Tyranny / Liz Goldner
= Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall...

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May 94 min read


The Coming Replay of “Degenerate Art” / Liz Goldner
Paul Klee, “Swamp Legend,” 1919, oil on cardboard, 19 x 16”. Courtesy of the Stádische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. This was among the...

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Mar 15 min read


Activating the Airport / Caroline Picard
“The annual carbon emissions of the global art market has been estimated at 70 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2021 by the...

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Mar 16 min read


John Cleese and Swami Vivekananda Agree / Margaret Hawkins
Tenzing Rigdol, “Biography of a Thought,” 2022-24, acrylic on woven carpet, 20’ x 40’. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...

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Mar 15 min read
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